Trump Admin Caught Lying About Iran As They Gear Up to Take Him Down

23 Feb 2026 · 14 min · 6 chapters

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Podcast Episode Summary: IHIP News - "Trump Admin Caught Lying About Iran As They Gear Up to Take Him Down"

Episode Overview In this episode of IHIP News, hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan discuss the Trump administration's alleged deception regarding Iran and the potential for escalating military action as a distraction from Trump's legal troubles. The conversation includes critiques of U.S. foreign policy, the influence of Israel on American politics, and the role of conspiracy theorists in the Trump administration.

Key Themes and Discussions

U.S.-Iran Relations

  • Imminent Threat of War: The episode begins with reports that the U.S. is on the brink of attacking Iran. This is juxtaposed with Trump’s previous claims of success regarding military actions against Iran.
  • Contradictory Statements: Trump’s advisor Steve Witkoff’s alarming statements about Iran's nuclear capabilities contradict the administration's narrative of success, suggesting a lack of coherence in policy.

Critique of Republican Foreign Policy

  • Trump's Motivations: Jennifer argues that Trump seeks war to distract from his legal issues, influenced by figures like Benjamin Netanyahu and other political allies.
  • Fascist Influence: The hosts assert that the current U.S. foreign policy is being shaped by the far-right Israeli government and evangelical leaders, leading to decisions that do not benefit average Americans.

Public Sentiment and Decision-Making

  • Public Support for War: They reference polling data showing low public support for war with Iran (around 21%), questioning the legitimacy of decisions made without public backing.
  • Political Manipulation: Discussion of how political figures like Mike Huckabee manipulate public opinion and biblical references to justify aggressive stances toward Israel and the Middle East.

Conspiracy Theories and Governance

  • Conspiracy Theorists in Power: The hosts point out the alarming proximity of conspiracy theorists, such as Laura Loomer, to Trump and how their ideas can influence policy decisions.
  • Historical Context: They remind listeners that Trump's political rise was founded on conspiracy theories, particularly the birther movement against Obama.

Oligarchy and Economic Disparity

  • Corruption and Exploitation: The conversation pivots to the corrupt nature of wealth concentration among elites who exploit ordinary citizens. The hosts criticize this as antithetical to the supposed values of the Republican Party.
  • Lack of Accountability in Leadership: They express concern about the failures of both political parties to act against the harmful policies and actions of the Trump administration.

Key Takeaways

  • Critique of Trump Administration: The hosts present a strong critique of the Trump administration, suggesting that its foreign policy is erratic and motivated by personal interests rather than national security.
  • Need for Political Integrity: They highlight the need for genuine representatives in both parties who are committed to the welfare of the American people rather than corporate and foreign interests.
  • Ongoing Political Turmoil: The episode underscores an ongoing cycle of political crises and the seeming inability of traditional political structures to respond effectively.

Conclusion The episode serves as a critical examination of current U.S. foreign policy, the influence of conspiracy theorists, and the troubling intertwining of political motives with military actions. Welch and Sullivan emphasize the importance of holding leaders accountable and questioning the narratives put forth by those in power.

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Chapters

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Analyzing Military Success Claims

0:45 to 2:47

Discussion on the claimed success of U.S. military strikes against Iran.

“to develop nuclear weapons for many years to come.”

Critique of U.S. Advisors and Political Motivations

2:47 to 4:19

Examination of the motivations behind U.S. foreign policy and key advisors.

“Pete Hegseth is completely incompetent, Donald Trump completely incompetent, yet these two bozos will be in charge if we start a war with Iran.”

Evangelical Influence on Foreign Policy

4:19 to 6:41

Exploring the role of evangelical beliefs in shaping U.S. policies in the Middle East.

“Well, what Mike Huckabee said in that interview that was of most importance to me was that he said, based on biblical law, that Israel could take over far more than even Gaza.”

Conspiracy Theories and Political Ties

6:41 to 8:20

Discussion on Trump's connections with conspiracy theorists and their influence.

“And it would be a joke if it wasn't so incredibly dangerous.”

Trump's Influence on Corporate America

9:30 to 14:00

Analysis of Trump's meddling in business affairs and the implications for democracy.

“And the people surrounding him are so insane that if he is even going further deep into insanity, which he did with the MyPillow guy at the end of Trump 1.0, now he's colluding with Laura Loomer.”

Discussion on the Russian Economy and Leadership

14:00 to 14:12

The podcast discusses the current state of the Russian economy and perceptions of Vladimir Putin.

“The economy in Russia is in the shitter.”
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0:04According to reports, the United States is just days away from attacking Iran and starting a war. This from me, he is the president of peace. And I just want to take everybody back to what he said about the strikes against Iran just in 2025. I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. We assess that the American strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities has set back Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons for many years to come. The nuclear threat of Iran, that was totally obliterated.

0:53OK, we get the picture. He is going on and on about how successful the military strikes were. Yet, we have Steve Whitcoff, who is the senior adviser to the president. He's a real estate broker, but he seems to be the advisor to the president on Iran, Ukraine, Russia, the whole mine. Here's what he said just yesterday about Iranian capabilities. It's up to 60 percent. They're probably a week away from having industrial grade bomb making material. And that's really dangerous. So I can't have that. This is something that Okay, so what do you think? Which do you believe, Jennifer? Well, what I believe are the facts.

1:41The facts are that President Obama had an Iranian nuclear deal on the table. Trump dismantled it, and now he wants to start a war at the behest of Benjamin Netanyahu and the American political sycophants to Israel. I'm talking about Lindsey Graham. I'm talking about Wyckoff. I'm talking about Kushner. who these two, Kushner and Witkoff, who are so compromised to be our main foreign policy attaches that now are proposing that we start a war with Iran simply so that they can get us back to a nuclear deal that we already had. This is utter insanity. I don't believe a word that comes out of Benjamin Netanyahu's mouth, Steve Witkoff's mouth, Donald Trump's mouth.

2:27These people are liars. These people see all of this as how can we collude with Israel, lie to the American public, fleece taxpayer dollars, please Vladimir Putin. It is a foreign policy face plant of the highest order as far as the United States of America goes. I completely agree. And here's the thing about it. We have no one in the U.S. military that is competent. Pete Hegseth is completely incompetent, Donald Trump completely incompetent, yet these two bozos will be in charge if we start a war with Iran. And Tucker Carlson went to Israel and he met with Mike Huckabee, who is a nut of the highest order.

3:14And so he asked him this question. I thought it was really interesting the way he spoke about the needs of America and how Mike Huckabee answered. How much does it matter what Americans think? Well, it matters every bit what Americans think. That's why Americans vote. It's why Americans have the opportunity to have free speech. We want them to have that. OK, so what percentage of Americans support a war with Iran? I don't know. Do you know? I do. I think it's around. I saw the numbers yesterday. I think it was like 21 percent. OK. Is that enough to have a war with Iran? We don't live in a world where you have a poll taken to find out whether our policy should be a particular direction.

3:57I thought you just said that we vote. No, we care deeply about it. But on the other hand, do we make the decisions of foreign policy and even domestic policy based on what the latest poll number is? We care deeply about it in what sense? If we're ignoring it, then in what sense do we, quote, care deeply about it? Well, I think we care deeply. here's the deal he also huckabee went on in that interview to talk about how israel should control the middle east and i mean the uh all of the countries over there in the middle east they sent like letters and all of these things mike huckabee has had to back off of those statements but i loved how he said if nobody supports this in america and you say their voice matters Why is it continuing?

4:45Well, what Mike Huckabee said in that interview that was of most importance to me was that he said, based on biblical law, that Israel could take over far more than even Gaza. And so what you have here is the alliance of far right fascist Israeli government who is co-opting the right evangelical rapture preppers, such as the former governor of Arkansas, Huckabee. And he and his daughter are big time Bible thumping rapture preppers. They believe that the Jews have to be in Israel in order for Jesus to come back, for them to be raptured. His foreign policy is based on this. The right-wing fascist Netanyahu government co-ops the right evangelical base, much like the Republican Party, much like the oligarchs, much like Russia has co-opted, because these people are emotionally stunted.

5:48They do not evolve critical thinking. And so you have foreign policy being conducted by Whitcoff and Kushner, who are seeing billions of dollars personally to enrich themselves. You have Huckabee, who his daughter is now currently the governor of Arkansas. And she has signed some proclamation that Arkansas is going to work hand in hand with Israel. And my question is this. How on earth does any of that help Americans? How does that help rural people from Arkansas that once they get a cancer diagnosis, they cannot go to work any longer and then they face medical bankruptcy? We have the most extremist oligarchs colluding with the most co-opted, non-critically thinking rapture preppers conducting American foreign policy.

6:41And it would be a joke if it wasn't so incredibly dangerous. No, I completely agree. And I have even read that Sarah Huckabee Sanders has given millions of dollars to the Israeli government. And Arkansas is an extremely poor state. So that's a great question. What is that doing for her constituents? And then we've talked on this program a lot about how the craziest conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists are right in the president's back pocket. And so we saw Laura Loomer post about Netflix and she's mad. Donald Trump reposts her. You guys, it cannot be stressed enough how nutty Laura Loomer is and how close she is to the president.

7:33She got a national security advisor demoted. She is in the presidency or she talks about it all the time. Well, she's mad at Netflix. So then Trump reposts her and says, Netflix should fire racist Trump deranged Susan Rice immediately or pay the consequences. She's got no talent or skills, purely a political hack. Her power is gone and will never be back. How much is she being paid and for what? Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT. It is so disturbing to me that the eating the dogs, eating the cats person who started that conspiracy put it in his ear. He is taking policy advice from her.

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10:05And the people surrounding him are so insane that if he is even going further deep into insanity, which he did with the MyPillow guy at the end of Trump 1.0, now he's colluding with Laura Loomer. But the situation with Susan Rice that really offended me is Donald Trump has a history of calling successful black people racists. And this is such a fundamental problem and also red meat to the white base. It plays into this white entitlement that black people can't criticize white people or black people can't criticize structures, power structures that have been rigged against them. His meddling in the Netflix board of directors is not so much communism to me as it is fascism, as it is oligarchy, as it is government intervention.

11:04Republicans for years have had this laissez-faire economic policy, deregulate. We have to stay out of business. They bail out corporations and never help the United States citizen. And then they say, oh, we can't have the government meddling in corporations, but they do whenever they want to. Donald Trump is the manifestation of what Republicans have always wanted right under the surface. They've always operated with a bit more politeness and a bit more decorum, but now that is completely off. And his whole administration has been rigging the entire system for he and his cronies. And if Susan Rice is an obstacle for his friend, Larry Ellison, then he is going to besmirch her character.

11:54He is going to besmirch her race and he is going to besmirch her gender. This is what he does. It's what he's done for over a decade. And I don't know how to keep talking about this other than to say, we're going to wake up tomorrow. We will have showered, we will have brushed her teeth and there will be our teeth and then there's going to be another story just like this so my thing is where are the people that are going to put up stops to this are the democrats going to put up a stop are republicans going to put up a stop because these stories about the dipshits that he has conducting foreign policy and the rapture preppers that he has conducting foreign policy and then his friends that are crazy, crazy, crazy wealthy that want more.

12:44It's not enough for Larry Ellison that he's a multi-billionaire. It's not enough. These people are so broken. They have exploited people from day one in order to become billionaires. And they're not benevolent. These are horrible people who every day wake up and exploit from the minute they wake up to the minute they go to bed. And they have found a man who is as broken as they are and who's stupid, who's easy to guide. And so this is going to continue every single day. The Supreme Court's put up a little bit of a stop, but I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. So I don't know how to keep reporting on him doing this other than to shift the focus on where are the Republicans that care about laissez-faire economics?

13:32Where are the Republicans that care about decorum? And then where are the Democrats that are willing to stand up to corporations? Yeah. And where are the Republicans that want a small government, a strong international defense? Where are they? I mean, those people are gone. Because I was reading over the weekend that more people in the Republican Party are yaw, yaw, Russia and Vladimir Putin than they have been in decades. And that is terrifying because Vladimir Putin is a murderous dictator. The economy in Russia is in the shitter. There is nothing attractive about Vladimir Putin or his country.

14:12All right, please like this video and we will be back with more news.

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